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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 94 17:22:18 PST
From: The Info-Mac Moderators <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #45
To: info-mac-list


Info-Mac Digest             Sat, 19 Mar 94       Volume 12 : Issue 45

Today's Topics:

      [*] all-day-40; a calendar
      [*] Alpha 5.76
      [*] AXIS GEMs (Cheats)
      [*] C.S.M.P. Digest, Issue 3.006
      [*] Dateline 45.txt; Star Trek newsletter
      [*] Detect New Volume - Display volume's message-of-the-day
      [*] Drop*PS 1.1, a Postscript file downloader
      [*] FileMaker Pro 2.1v2 (Mac) U
      [*] foil-10.hqx; an airfoil designer
      [*] Gaeke's Maps; BOLO maps
      [*] Icons-4-Us-PRO; 300 color icons
      [*] Icons-4-Us; 300 color icons
      [*] internet-dial-in-Europe-1.0.txt
      [*] mac-bread-board-115-demo.hqx
      [*] MIDI Pack'en 1.0.4; for system exclusive MIDI data
      [*] NSF Forms Templates updated
      [*] PopupFolder 1.0 Demo, menu access to folders
      [*] qt-on-ibm.hqx; how-to information
      [*] RailroadFonts1.0
      [*] RunTime 1.0.4; readout of total power-on time
      [*] submission of new version ppc.basic2.9b2.sit.hqx
      [*] UUParser 1.71b; UUCode utility
      [*] Voodoo 1.5; a version control tool
      [*] Watch Volume Mount - Display volume's message-of-the-day
      2 Questions from Dieder Bylsma
      [A]: MS Word & xtra line feeds
      [Q] Word 5.1 and Extended Postscript
      Adobe Purchases Aldus???
      A Mac and a PC sharing a monitor?
      American Heritage Ditionary(C)
      Apple Blunder......
      Apple Event Manager and 32 bit mode [Q]
      As Apple has sown, so shall they reap - the tools mess
      AutoDoubler Woes
      AVI->QuickTime conflict (Q)
      BocaModem?
      CD-ROM 5.0 audio question
      CD-ROM player that works on both Mac and PC?
      Change default font in Endnote plus?
      Claris Resolve (C)
      connecting localtalk lans
      Crashed Quadra 840av Fixed
      Dead SE/30 screen -> guide to Pina books
      disabling SE/30 monitor
      disk drive repairs near boston
      Eudora and Delphi
      EUDORA Questions
      Eurora for Windows enclosure format
      Excel-picture-Word
      extension .tgz
      FTF Proactive 1.0 slow and buggy.
      FullWrite 2 Status (fwd)
      General Magic phone number
      Global Village
      High-speed Connect
      How to set up a local talk with just 2 computers?
      HyperTalk help needed... (A)
      ink jet refill - larger sizes
      In praise of the HP Deskwriter 5.0 drivers
      Join Now.
      Letter Gothic Font
      Mac configurations
      Mac SQL query software (A)
      Mac symptoms (fwd)
      MacTCP and SLIP
      MapArt is still around
      MountImage 1.2b2 and Mt.Image 1.0.2 (/info-mac/disk/)
      My own opinions
      need for 6100/60 16MB/500MB/CD/AV Card
      polar bears
      Power Mac Hard Drive Speed Specs ?
      Power Macs and 21" Mono monitor (A)
      Printer recognition problems
      Quadra 840av Goes Belly Up
      receiving files, etc.
      Robert Gibson's Scale
      si sound bug
      Sound source re-direction from internal CD
      stereo-maker problem
      WriteNow 4.0 (Q)

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Date: 17 Mar 1994 13:19:49 -0600 (CST)
From: SCOTT PAUL <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] all-day-40; a calendar

AllDay 4.0

This is a great calender program that is very small and
has a little memory footprint.  I am not the author, I
just love the program.  You can set your own holidays
for display and print out a yearly calender.  It is
totally user-configurable from the way you want the
weeks displayed to the colors that they are displayed
in.  It is also FREE.  Get this one!

[Archived as /info-mac/app/all-day-40.hqx; 38K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 19:41:58 CST
From: [e-mail] (Pete)
Subject: [*] Alpha 5.76

This is the latest version of Alpha, a programmable text editor that
is is excellent for editing programs and latex documents. There is
extensive support for both.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/alpha-576.hqx; 700K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 15:36:22 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail] (Mic Chaudoir)
Subject: [*] AXIS GEMs (Cheats)

Here is the latest group of GEMs for AXIS!  The game cheater... please post em'

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/axis-gems.hqx; 12K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 16:15:51 MET
From: [e-mail] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] C.S.M.P. Digest, Issue 3.006

C.S.M.P. Digest             Fri, 18 Mar 94       Volume 3 : Issue 6

Today's Topics:

    68K emulation and PPC toolbox questions.
    AE coercion handlers ?
    ARGH!!! Whamwhamwham!! (DialogSelect stuff)
    An offering: Assembly language code for a high speed copybits
    Animation speed: here we go again...
    Animation speed: improvement!
    Animation speed: more info
    Animation: the story continues...
    Blank Screen?
    C code for scrollable application help
    Can C be as fast as Assembler? (next...on the McLaughlin Group)
    Color Terminal Emulator
    DrawString + Ellipsis character ?
    Finder comments on non-Desktop DB volumes?
    Finding System Folder (Again)
    Free code:  Sean's window manager
    How does the Finder handle events?
    How to determine color of progress bar?
    How to draw inits icons?
    How to tell a Mac from a Mac?
    I know the Mac MM isn't reentrant, but:
    If you use SysBeep() for debugging...
    Improving DrawText speed (Was: Color Terminal Emulator)
    Interface guidelines for extra program files
    Intermixing graphics and text
    Let's kill 24-bit mode! (was Re: Let's kill System 6!)
    Let's kill system 6!
    Never beep when using GWorlds. System software bug!
    PPC & 68k UPP problems
    PPC binaries
    Passing data through to completion procs?
    Password editing item.. Tricky?
    Permanent front windows...
    Preference file question!
    Reading PICT files != 72 dpi. How ?
    Resources on PowerPC
    Safer Segments ?
    Speeding up animation; questions
    System Folder on NONstartup disk
    Trap dispatcher overhead
    User in a menu?
    What happens if my Vertical Retrace task takes too long?
    When to StripAddress?  (was Re: Let's kill 24-bit mode!)
    Why can't I have AEs *in* AEs?
    Why use handles at all, though?
    Writing To Screen Memory
    dirIDs
    jGNEFilter Q
    password encryption


The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([e-mail]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-006.txt; 616K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 12:44:36 PST
From: backmod (Backup Moderator)
Subject: [*] Dateline 45.txt; Star Trek newsletter

Here is Dateline 45 from AOL (Star Trek interest with reviews of
recently released commercial games, including Mac versions)...

Enjoy,
Rob Malick

[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/per/dateline-45.txt; 29K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:32:46 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Kiselyov Oleg)
Subject: [*] Detect New Volume - Display volume's message-of-the-day

What:   Detect a new mounted volume and "double-click" at a
    document/application (if found) at a "standard" location on that volume
What for: telling the user (a student) what's new on some particular
    volume and/or how to use it. The document "clicked" by the
    present WatchVol program may be a text document about what's new
    on the volume. Or it may be any application that somehow prepares
    the student how to use the (file server) volume, whenever the
    volume is mounted.
Hot points: Dynamic (transient) patch of the system: doesn't require
        restarting the system, gets uninstalled when the application
        quits.
Contents:
    WatchVol        - Application (watchdog) itself
    Watch MountVol.pi  - project and resource files to build it
    Watch MountVol.pi.rsrc
    WatchMount.cc   - Source code of the main module (C++)
    launcher.cc     - Launches an application-creator given FSSpec of
              the document/application
    MountVol init.pi - project to compile an Init (not INIT!) code
              resource that patches the system on-the-fly
    MountVol init.c - Source code of the _MountVol interceptor
              (assembly inlined into a dummy C program)
    The source code contains enough (I hope) comments to show what
    a particular piece of code does, as well as some tricks involved
Language: Symantec C/C++ 6.0 and built-in Assembler
System: System 7.x, uses AppleEvents. Tested on IIsi, IIci,
    Quadras and Centres.
Patching the system: _MountVol system trap is patched when the application
    starts up. The patch is removed (i.e., the trap is restored to
    its original state) when the application quits.
How to run: place the application into your "Startup Items" folder;
    the application quits when it receives a "QUIT" event, or
    when it's in the foreground and any keyboard key is pressed.
Note: the source code uses a "standard" environment, see myenv-notify.cpt
      For completeness, the library and the .h file are included as a separate
      CompactPro archive. However, they (complete with the source code)
      can be found at various archive sites under the name 'myenv-notify'
Comments to: [e-mail], [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/detect-new-volume-cpp.hqx; 82K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 13:14:20 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Bare Bones Software)
Subject: [*] Drop*PS 1.1, a Postscript file downloader

Enclosed is the latest version of Drop*PS, the freeware PostScript
downloader. Drop*PS requires System 7.0 or later, and is 32-bit clean,
and 68040- and Power Macintosh-compatible.

Version 1.1 adds the ability to download EPSF files, fixes some
deviant behavior, and adds various other minor capabilities.

Bare Bones Software                     Internet: [e-mail]

    Rich Siegel                             Patrick Woolsey
Principal Software Designer              Director of Quality Assurance

[Archived as /info-mac/prn/drop-ps-11.hqx; 39K]

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Date: 18 Mar 1994 10:28:55 U
From: "Bill Swagerty"
Subject: [*] FileMaker Pro 2.1v2 (Mac) U

FileMaker Pro 2.1v2 (Mac) Updater

Bill Swagerty
Claris Technical Support

[Archived as /info-mac/app/fmpro-21v2-updt-us.hqx; 584K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 22:51:41 -0800
From: Kris Anne Hulburt <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] foil-10.hqx; an airfoil designer

Enclosed please find Foil 1.0, a Macintosh airfoil creation and
viewing program.  Airfoils are the cross-sectional shapes of
wings.  Foil 1.0 creates NACA 4- and 5- digit airfoils, reads
and writes in NACA and SoarTech formats, and will also
print airfoils.  It does a few other things, but thats the
gist of it.  Foil is free, but not public domain.  Please
distribute it to the other mac archives.

Thanks,
Gregory Payne
(email to [e-mail] - wifes account)

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/foil-10.hqx; 237K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 04:34:27 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Brian R. Gaeke)
Subject: [*] Gaeke's Maps; BOLO maps

These are the worthwhile Bolo maps that I've created over the
years. Share and Enjoy.
Brian Gaeke

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/gaekes-maps.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 07:47:17 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jay Boersma)
Subject: [*] Icons-4-Us-PRO; 300 color icons

I c o n s  4  U s  P R O

By popular demand (well, actually, an e-mail from a guy in Iowa), this is
Icons-4-Us, a collection of over 300 color icons to adorn your files,
beautify your folders, impress your friends and eat up your RAM.

This collection is available in two versions:

Icons-4-Us - - in which the icons are pasted onto individual empty Mac file
folders and which includes easy instructions for transferring them onto
other files.

Icons-4-Us-PRO - - the same collection provided as a Macintosh resource
file with less elaborate documentation.

(If you're not comfortable with resource editing or will be sharing
Icons-4-Us with friends who aren't, you might want to obtain the non-pro
version instead of this one.)

Jay Boersma
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/icons-for-us-pro.hqx; 166K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 07:39:22 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Jay Boersma)
Subject: [*] Icons-4-Us; 300 color icons

I c o n s  4  U s

By popular demand (well, actually, an e-mail from a guy in Iowa), this is
Icons-4-Us, a collection of over 300 color icons to adorn your files,
beautify your folders, impress your friends and eat up your RAM.

Icons-4-Us - - in which the icons are pasted onto individual empty Mac file
folders and which includes easy instructions for transferring them onto
other files.

Jay Boersma
[e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/icons-for-us.hqx; 620K]

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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 20:40:57 -0100
From: Benoit LIPS <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] internet-dial-in-Europe-1.0.txt

internet-dial-in-Europe-1.0.txt is a list of European internet access
providers or BBS allowing cross posting mail to internet.
I suggest it would be archived in
/info-mac/comm/information/internet-dial-in-Europe-1.0.txt

Thanks for comments, suggestions and updates,
Benoit LIPS <[e-mail]>

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/internet-dial-in-europe-10.txt; 10K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 13:49:23 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Eric G. Conger)
Subject: [*] mac-bread-board-115-demo.hqx

[An electronic bread-board simulator.  -isl]

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mac-bread-board-115-demo.hqx; 234K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 13:33:46 JST
From: [e-mail] (Takashi Suzuki)
Subject: [*] MIDI Pack'en 1.0.4; for system exclusive MIDI data

MIDI Pack'en is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to
keep system exclusive data in files. (So called MIDI Data Filer.)
When this application receives system exclusive data, a new window'll
tell you the datasize and manufacturer.
MIDI Pack'en can handle any kind of system exclusive data.
Apple Script recordable.

What's changed in 1.0.4.
 Inline input support under Kanji (Japanese) System7.

This application requires :
System7 + QuickTime + Apple MIDI Manager or
System7.1 + Apple MIDI Manager

Shareware

Takashi Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/midi-packen-104.hqx; 69K]

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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 17:16:40 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Judith Haller)
Subject: [*] NSF Forms Templates updated

For people who still submit NSF grant proposals on paper:

Here are revised Nat'l Science Foundation proposal form templates
incorporating changes in the new Grant Proposal Guide. These replicas,
constructed in MS Word and MS Excel, are cleaner, faster, and easier than
typing on photocopied paper forms. Microsoft Word 4.0/Excel 3.0 or higher
are needed, plus a laser or 300-dpi ink jet printer.

Changes:

-- Templates are updated or added to match the NSF Grant Proposal Guide,
(GPG) dated 2/94.
-- All forms in the Grant Proposal Kit are included except the "Information
about PI's/PD's."
-- The forms now work properly with all standard Mac configurations.
-- On color monitors, the templates are displayed in two colors to more
easily distinguish between your data and the form.
-- Style sheets have been cleaned up and and simplified for easier
modification.
-- The NSF-UNOLS Ship Time Request Form has an .eps version with a READABLE
map.
-- The budget pages include new macros to automatically format the forms to
handle TrueType or PostScript fonts. The correct format can be selected
during the setup process or after the fact by choosing a menu command.
-- A macro fix is included for the insidious bug that sometimes leaves a
blank in Line L of the Cumulative page.

By the way, I'm keeping a list of other known templates for research
proposals. Please email me if you know of others. So far:

NIH templates by John Livesey, available now at ftp.u.washington.edu in
/pub/user-supported/templates.

NASA Budget Form and Army Research Organization forms by Eric Bruce Cohen.
His drafts look terrific and are available at goofy.cs.umd.edu. He expects
to post finished versions to the Mac archives before the end of the
semester.

Coming soon:
-- NSF Antarctic Proposal Worksheets by Judeene Blankenship, Univ. of
Texas, are in progress, will be posted to info-mac, umich, and ut/microlib.

-- Windows version of these forms may soon be available. A knowledgeable
and intrepid user at u.washington is planning to convert them. Let's wish
him luck!

[Archived as /info-mac/sci/nsf-proposal-forms-msw.hqx; 231K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 10:10:16 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Vinko Tsui [phone])
Subject: [*] PopupFolder 1.0 Demo, menu access to folders

This is a demo of the latest utility published by Inline Software. It
provides the ability to get at any folders or files via a Popup menu (see
review in April MacWorld).

-- Vinko

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/popup-folder-10-demo.hqx; 101K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 20:44:44 +0500
From: Eric Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] qt-on-ibm.hqx; how-to information

Hello.  I have attached a text file which explains how to play Macintosh
QuickTime movies on the IBM.  I've seen lots of people asking about how to do
this in newsgroups and on the online services, but nobody seems to have the
answers.  Well, here they are.  Since redistributing the necessary software
might bring up sticky legal issues, I've only included instructions on where
people can access the software for themselves.  Thanks for considering the
submission.

-Eric ([e-mail]; if that fails, use [e-mail])

[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/qt-on-ibm.hqx; 6K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 00:13:55 -0800
From: BENJAMIN COIFMAN <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RailroadFonts1.0

Railroad Fonts

  This file contains a PASSENGER TRAIN font and a FREIGHT TRAIN font.
Both fonts are PostScript and are compatible with each other.  These
fonts were designed for high resolution printers (e.g., laser or ink jet
printers) and may not look their best on screen.  You should print out
the sample files that come with the fonts to get an idea of their
detail.
  The two fonts will enable you to couple together just about any sort
of train you could imagine.

Benn Coifman        [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/railroad.hqx; 286K]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 15:27:55 +0100
From: MICROSTADEL <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] RunTime 1.0.4; readout of total power-on time

Hi !

This is RunTime, a little app that gives you the total power-on
time of your Macintosh. Should work with System 6 (not tested).
Tested on the following Macs : ci, fx, vx (all running sys 7.1).
Also tested on a PowerMacintosh 8100... and it works !!!

Macintosh models prior to the IIci don't remember how long they've
been running, so RunTime is useless on theses machines.

RunTime is is free and can be distributed freely.

Send comments, bug reports, suggestions...
to [e-mail]
                                                Patrick

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/run-time-104.hqx; 8K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 00:40:17 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Ron Nicholson)
Subject: [*] submission of new version ppc.basic2.9b2.sit.hqx

Please replace ppc.basic2.9b0.sit.hqx with ppc.basic2.9b2.sit.hqx .
Version 2.9b2 fixes a static text bug when running under virtual memory.

*ppc_chipbasic 2.9b2 README*

Every *real* personal computer should come with a BASIC interpreter.
Here's my contribution for the new Power Macintosh machines.  It's a
line number based BASIC interpreter similar to the Applesoft BASIC that
came with the Apple ][+ (that's Apple ][, *NOT* Mac II for you
newcomers).  This version runs ONLY on Power Macs.

Chipmunk Basic is a simple Basic interpreter for the Macintosh.  It is
similar to the line number based MumbleSoft BASIC interpreters of circa
1980.  Its roots are from a pascal program, basic.p, that was part of
the test input suite to p2c, a pascal to c translator.  Both basic.p
and p2c should be in the net.sources archives somewhere (I no longer
have copies).  I cleaned up the translated source, ported it to the Mac
and added some Mac specific features.

Chipmunk Basic 2.9 is being distributed as freeware (but only for those who
don't believe that using the BASIC language causes brain damage. :-)
Please note that there are far better versions of BASIC available
commercially.  Just none that run PowerPC native and are available for
the Mac as of March 14th.

Version 2.9b2 fixes a static text bug when running under virtual memory.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; not even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/chipmunk-basic-29b2-ppc.hqx; 114K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 10:10:52 -0800
From: [e-mail] (John S. Lee)
Subject: [*] UUParser 1.71b; UUCode utility

UUParser release Information

UUParser is Copyright =A9 1993, 1994 by John S. Lee & Truly Mac, Inc.

UUParser 1.71b (Unregistered) & 1.72 (Registered) Users.

This is the latest version of UUParser!

This version replaces all other versions and has a bug fix:

There was an elusive bug with UUParser that caused it to crash on
Powerbooks and the Mac Classic.  It has been repaired.  The problem was
opening a color grafport on a non-color Mac (did not check for color QD ;(
).  Now the program checks and operates properly.

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/uu-parser-171b.hqx; 104K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 09:57:59 +0100
From: Christoph Reichenberger <[e-mail]>
Subject: [*] Voodoo 1.5; a version control tool

To all of you who need version control,

I am glad to inform you that version 1.5 of Voodoo can been
released now. Here is a short overview of the most important changes:

For Voodoo newcomers:

Voodoo (the name stands for Versions Of Outdated Documents Organized
Orthogonally) is a version control tool for the simple and clear
management of projects in which files are created in numerous versions
(variants and revisions). Since Voodoo is capable of managing
arbitrary files, the program can be employed for more than just the
organization of software projects in a narrow sense (program
development). Even the writing of a book, for example, is a project in
which multiple elementary building blocks (the individual chapters,
illustrations, etc.) evolve in various revisions. Using Voodoo can
also pay off here.

Voodoo allows both variant and revision control, and it
manages not only variants and revisions of single files, but
of a whole software project (multi files, multi users,
multi variants, access rights, ...).

The tool offers a neat graphical user interface and is not only
suitable for mere source code control but can handle all
different kinds of files with amazing compression rates:

      typical size of delta between arbitrary files
           5% (in words:  five per cent)  !!!!

no matter whether the files are plain text or any other
documents - e. g. MSWord, WriteNow, Canvas, FileMaker ...).
Contrary, if you try to manage non-text-files with Projector
or SCCS you will not get any space reduction.

Voodoo differs from previous source code control systems in its
orthogonal approach to version management. This means that for
every component of a project hierarchy you can not only store
its revision history but also different variants of the same
component.The orthogonal organization of revisions and
variants leads to a much clearer organization that with other
RCS/SCCS-based tools like Projector/SourceServer and others.

A lite version of Voodoo is being distributed on a shareware basis (30 $).
The package included contains VoodooLite 1.5 together with a
readme document and a manual.

Changes since version 1.4:

+ The most important change is one you may not even notice. All operations
  modifying the project files are now based on a transaction mechanism
  to ensure absolute data integrity, even in the case of a power failure
  during an operation.
  You might notice that the operations proceed a bit slower now, but
  you should gladly grant Voodoo these seconds to ensure
  the total security of your files.
+ The dialogs for storing or fetching multiple components now show the
  number of components checked/total.
+ The logon dialog is now suppressed in the case that there is only one
  user within the project (the administrator) and this user has set no
  password.
+ some minor changes and bug fixes.
+ added an index menu to the online manual.

If you have further questions please contact me at:

    [e-mail]           or
    [e-mail]

Christoph

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/voodoo-15.hqx; 851K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 14:32:35 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Kiselyov Oleg)
Subject: [*] Watch Volume Mount - Display volume's message-of-the-day

What:   Detect a new mounted volume and "double-click" at a
    document/application (if found) at a "standard" location on that volume
What for: telling the user (a student) what's new on some particular
    volume and/or how to use it. The document "clicked" by the
    present WatchVol program may be a text document about what's new
    on the volume. Or it may be any application that somehow prepares
    the student how to use the (file server) volume, whenever the
    volume is mounted.
Hot points: Dynamic (transient) patch of the system: doesn't require
        restarting the system, gets uninstalled when the application
        quits.
How to run: place the application into your "Startup Items" folder;
    the application quits when it receives a "QUIT" event, or
    when it's in the foreground and any keyboard key is pressed.
Comments to: [e-mail], [e-mail]

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/watch-volume-mount.hqx; 13K]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 22:58:44 -0800 (PST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: 2 Questions from Dieder Bylsma

I am forwarding the following two questions for Dieder Bylsma
who is off for a semester in Paris.  Please send replies
directly to him at [e-mail]

First Question:

Playing with the new PowerPC's such as the 6100/60 and the 7100/66 and running
Speedometer, reveals some interesting info. Such as that it thinks it is
running
on a Power Macintosh Centris 610 with no FPU and a 68020 CPU! As well, running
the tests of Speedometer provides the result that it is still slower than a
Q800, but only just slightly. Now wasn't the CPU that was supposed to be
emulated supposed to be a 68030 or a 68040?

Second Question:

Given a PB100, why is it that on occasion it completely forgets that it has an
internal disk drive? Using such utilities as Silverlining, SCSI disk-probe
shows
an absolute zero for hd's on the SCSI disk chain despite the fact that the scan
powers up the SCSI disk? No matter what I do, even so drastic as to unplug and
remove all the batteries, press the interupt and restart switches
simultaneously
for 20 seconds, and so on, I can't get the HD to be recognized or even accessed
at all, other than power being provided to it? Using SCSI disk-mode cables, the
<1 disk symbol will go across (SCSI disk symbol 1) the screen and the drive
will
be powered up. But still, unplugging the cable results in no recognition of the
HD. The *only* way to get the HD to be recognized is to use the SCSI disk-mode
of the PB100 with a desktop macintosh and suddenly the disk is recognized by
both computers! Why? Is there a way to reproduce this miracle cure without
having to use another Mac? Macs are hard to come by at the moment, so plugging
n the computer into these desktop macs is an infrequent option. Any
suggestions, explanations would be greatly appreciated!


ons, explanations would be greatly appreciated!J`00mcHx/

again, please reply to dieder at



[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 21:39:06 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi <[e-mail]>
Subject: [A]: MS Word & xtra line feeds

[e-mail] wrote:
>Just off the top of my head, here's how I'd do it: use three global
>search and replace operations.
>
>1. Replace ^p^p (two paragraph marks, where you eventually want only 1)
>   with something you won't find anywhere else, like *PARA*.
>2. Replace ^p with just a single space.
>3. Replace your marker, *PARA*, with ^p.

Or just a search for ^p, with the 'Whole Word' option selected and replace
it w/ a blank space.

         tom coradeschi <+> [e-mail] <+> DoD#413
                 Disco Still Sucks

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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 09:35:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Morris Balamut)
Subject: [Q] Word 5.1 and Extended Postscript

Hi,

I have on many occasions printed a regular postscript file by opening it in
Word and setting the style to postscript and then just printing.

I recently received several files that Word insists on converting from
EPS. I presume that the EPS files are extended postscript, is that accurate?

My problem is that when Word is finished 'converting' the file all that
appears in the window is some of the % header info. If I try and print
the file all I get is some blank pages.

Can Word handle EPS files? Is there a trick to it. I am further confused
because one of the files was supposedly created with Word for Windows.

I am using a PowerBook 165 with 7.1 and Word 5.1a.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks.


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Morris Balamut, International Network Services,      Tel: [phone]
+ 120 Wood Avenue South, Suite 403, Iselin, NJ 08830   Fax: [phone]
+ Internet: [e-mail]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 11:52:21 -0600 (CST)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Adobe Purchases Aldus???

I just saw in issue #44 that someone saw an article about Adobe purchasing
Aldus?  Is this true?  Where can I find more details?

And who's got bets that Illustrator vs. Freehand is going to be an issue no
longer if this is really true?  I'm in...

Neil E. Mickelson
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 22:11:24 -0800
From: Charles Chia-Hsing Hsieh <[e-mail]>
Subject: A Mac and a PC sharing a monitor?

I have a PC and Mac sitting on my desk and I know of monitors that would
work with both.  Now, is there some kind of switcher that would connect
the monitor to both Mac and PC and allow me to see either with a dial, much
like a printer swticher?  Or am I dreaming?

Charles C. Hsieh

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 94 17:04:39 JST
From: [e-mail] (AWAJI Yoshimasa)
Subject: American Heritage Ditionary(C)

Hi,

>        Does anyone know when WordStar is going to update their American
>Heritage Deluxe Dictionary to 32 bit addressing?  grumble, grumble...

This is not an answer to Larry's question, but talking about AHD, I also
would like to know if upgrade is available anywhere from standard ed to
delux one.

When I asked the angency in Japan where to contact about AHD, they told me
it was not WordStar but some other company.  I couldn't find their e mail
address so I gave up.  I couldn't dare to pay for internaional phone call.

Thanks in advance,

AWAJI Yoshimasa <[e-mail] or [e-mail]>
Kisarazu National College of Technology

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 13:04:47 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Apple Blunder......

If you can get a copy of the March 14th issue of Information Week get a load
of the cover shot of Ian Diery standing behind a Power Mac 8100 and a badly
skewed 21" Apple monitor. The same scene is duplicated on page 22-23 at an
even closer vantage point. The monitor just looks awful....... I think Ian
needs a few lessons in basic marketing (and photography). The monitor should
have been adjusted or just removed from the picture.

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 17:09:07 -0800
From: groucho![e-mail] (Joshua Sakov)
Subject: Apple Event Manager and 32 bit mode [Q]

Is there a compatibility problem between Apple Event Manager and 32 bit mode?
I am running a Mac SE/30 with 20MB physical RAM, Connectix MODE32 version 1.2
and system 7.1. When I turn 32-bit Addressing ON in the Memory control panel,
the Apple Event Manager extention will not start (the startup icon shows an X
on it). It does start OK though with 32-bit Addressing turned off? Any ideas?

Thanks,

Joshua Sakov
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 03:42:49 GMT
From: [e-mail] (John Nagle)
Subject: As Apple has sown, so shall they reap - the tools mess

       As of today, there are NO shrink-wrapped PowerPC apps
at Fry's, Computerware, Computer Attic, Egghead, or the Stanford
Bookstore.  That's here in Silicon Valley, a local call from Cupertino.
Despite all the hype from Apple, that is the reality.

       Considering that Power PCs have been in the hands of developers
for at least six months, this is suprising.  But it's not suprising when
you look at the tools situation.  During the last six months, we've
had the Bedrock debacle, the death and re-animation of MacApp, the
Symantec C++ mess, the ETO ripoff, and now, the discovery that
Think C 6.0 won't run on PPC.

       Apple let the tools situation deteriorate.  Only a few months ago,
Apple was urging developers to migrate to Symantec's tools.  Remember?
MPW C++ was allowed to get years behind (it's still based on the ancient
AT&T Cfront 2.0).  Then when Symantec blew it, the fallback positions
were weak.  All this happened just as Windows really took off, and
many Mac products were converted to Windows or simply abandoned.

       Apple didn't provide a painless migration path to PPC for developers.
And now they must suffer for it.  PPC may well fail in the market
because of this.

                    John Nagle



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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 20:16:02 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kim)
Subject: AutoDoubler Woes

    My friend has an 8/105 IIci with 32-bit addressing enabled running
AutoDoubler 2.0.3. For some inexplicable reason, AD uses around 1,728K of
system RAM no matter what AD's RAM cache is set to. After disabling all
other extentions, re-installing and doing all the other usual stuff, we
still couldn't figure it out. We'd really like to reclaim a lot of that
RAM. Any help would be appreciated!

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 04:00:37 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Tim)
Subject: AVI->QuickTime conflict (Q)

I am having system errors using AVI->QuickTime to convert a .avi file.  The
process crashed on both my Quadra 610 and Mac IIx with very limited inits.
Does anyone have similar problem?  Or is there any conflict problem that I
am not aware of?

Thank for any help.

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 10:57:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Regina Melczer <[e-mail]>
Subject: BocaModem?

I would like to find out if anyone has had any experience (pro or
con) with a Boca Research 14.4K external BocaModem.  In July 93's
Byte magazine it was top rated as best overall for general purpose
use.  Thanks.

Gabe
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 16:10:16 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Bob Durst)
Subject: CD-ROM 5.0 audio question

I just upgraded to the 5.0 version of the CD-ROM stuff from Apple. The new
Audio controller is much nicer than the old CD-Remote, but I have one
question that maybe someone out there has solved. How do I get all my audio
CD names and songlists to transfer in from the old CD-Remote Init?

-Bob D.

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 22:08:16 -0800
From: Charles Chia-Hsing Hsieh <[e-mail]>
Subject: CD-ROM player that works on both Mac and PC?

Do CD-ROM players work on both Mac and PC?  Like modems, unlike keyboards?

Please respond to me directly.

Charles C. Hsieh

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 14:34:52 GMT
From: P Mulderry <[e-mail]>
Subject: Change default font in Endnote plus?

[e-mail] writes:

>Hi, everybody:
>Endnote seems use Chicago font as default font to display. It is too big.
>Is there a way to change it to Geneva 9 or 10 point? With Resedit?

>Thanks for any help

>Y S

It uses Chicago because that's the system font (menu bar etc.)
You can change it, but it's probably more trouble than it's worth.

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 12:15:40 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Claris Resolve (C)

Some months(?) ago there was a short thread on Claris Resolve in the
imdigest.  I just read in the 03.07.94 MacWEEK that

  Claris Corp. this week got out of the spreadsheet business by pulling the
  plug on Resolve.... Claris is offering Resolve owners an upgrade to its
  $299 ClarisWorks for $29.  The upgrade can be ordered by calling (800)
  544-8554.... --Claris Corp. [phone] or [phone]; fax (408)
  987-3931.

I hope this info proves useful to someone.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 10:30:16 -0800
From: Bill Rausch <[e-mail]>
Subject: connecting localtalk lans

>school in Ecuador ... three Appletalk LANS to connect

I'd recommend buying one hub, e.g., Focus Enhancements TurboStar ~$500, and
connecting your three LANs to it. If you are using Apple brand LocalTalk
connectors you will need three adapters also (cheap). The distances you
describe are not very long as networks go, and the traffic you describe sounds
pretty light so you don't need Ethernet.

Focus phone number: 1-800-538-8865 - ask for their catalog.

----
    Bill Rausch, SW Engr, [e-mail], 509-943-0861
    Numerical Applications, 825 Goethals #A, Richland, WA 99352

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 09:44:10 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Crashed Quadra 840av Fixed

Yesterday I reported a Quadra 840av that went belly up with what
appeared to be a hardware error.  (Sad Mac icon on boot, hex numbers
on the screen.)  I am happy to report that the problem is now cured--
and it wasn't hardware.

It was partly user error (little old me) and partly Apple CD problem.
Apparently the Apple Support Briefing CD on the PowerPC has corrupted
boot tracks.  When I rebooted the Quadra, the CD-ROM was not ejected
(why, I don't know).  When the 840av restarted it looked (God knows why) to
the CD ROM, saw the bad boot tracks and died.  The CD ROM with
the defective boot tracks was manufactured by Apple!  For shame!  :-(

Thanks to a number of really helpful people who jumped in to help
including Chris Chew <[e-mail]> and Ethan Ernest
<[e-mail]>.  Special thanks to a good friend who always
seems to have the right answer--he's absolutely amazing!

We are back up and running!

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 19:24:22 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Juan M. Courcoul)
Subject: Dead SE/30 screen -> guide to Pina books

On Info-Mac 12-44, Paul Baim wrote:
...
>Mr Pina has currently released 5 books:
>
>Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets (MRUS)
>Macintosh Printer Secrets (MPS)
>Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets (M2RUS)
>Mac Classic & SE Repair and Upgrade Secrets (MCSERUS)
>The Dead Mac Scrolls (DMS)
...
>  Although purchasing the books would make Mr Pina quite
>happy, you can easily learn the procedures for your Mac from a library copy
>or one borrowed from somewhere else.

Could someone please list the ISBN's and publisher for these books.

Thanks,

Juan

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 09:50:52 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: disabling SE/30 monitor

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> I have an SE/30 and a Radius Color Pivot/LE.  The Pivot/LE is the main
> monitor.
>
> I would like to disable the SE/30's internal monitor (in a reversible
> fashion, of course :-)  so that the Mac thinks that the Pivot/LE is its
> only monitor.  The bottom line is that I would like somehow to keep the
> mouse pointer (and also windows and dialog boxes, etc.) from roaming off
> the Pivot/LE's screen.  Can I do this by simply unplugging something
> inside the Mac?  If so, what?

Egads - why would you want to do this? Using double-monitors is
one of the most productivity enhancing things you can do on the
Mac, since you can easily have multiple windows on different
screens and that sort of thing. I won't buy a Mac that I can't
easily put two monitors on.

However, if you have your heart set on this, perhaps a simple
solution is best. In the Monitors control panel, arrange the
two monitors so they only touch in a corner - that leaves a one
pixel doorway. Then just turn the SE/30 monitor all the way
black with the brightness knob.

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
Author of The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh -- [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94  14:32:00 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: disk drive repairs near boston

I've got to get a hard disk repaired (darn thing won't spin up half the
time, works fine when it does). a Maxtor drive.  I live just outside
Boston.

any suggestions who to see or who to avoid? price range?

please reply direct.

 -- clint               [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 17:41:42 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Eudora and Delphi

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Subject: I recently purchased a copy of The Internet Starter Kit in which
there
> was a copy of Eudora.  I believe that I have installed  and configured it
> properly.  I attempted to connect to the Delphi server via a Tymnet number
> through a Compudyne modem with Mac/TCP enabled and received an error message
> 43.  When I then unchecked Mac/TCP and tried to use the Communication
ToolBox,
> the Communication ToolBox could not be opened.
>
> What am I doing wrong? I would like to use Eudora with my Mac, because of the
> easier interface. Can someone help, offer some suggestions or enlighten me
> about
> this particular error message.

Unfortunately, what you're doing wrong is using Delphi. Eudora does
not work with Delphi at all, either in MacTCP mode or in CommToolbox
mode because Delphi doesn't use standard POP/SMTP servers as far as
I know. So as much as I hate to say it, the only way you can use Eudora
is to find a different provider that offers either SLIP or PPP access,
or that uses POP and SMTP servers that Eudora could access via dialup
using the CommToolbox.

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
Author of The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh -- [e-mail]

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Date: 19 Mar 94 09:23:05 EST
From: Hans Kroeger <[e-mail]>
Subject: EUDORA Questions

Background Information
 ---------------------
We finally got our Ethernet LAN connected through a router to the INTERNET.

My intention is to establish some kind of a "Standard" for the connection of
individual PCs and Macs in a client/server configuration to our VMS-VAX
machines and Suns in order to use E-Mail over the Internet. The user interface
should be as simple as MS Mail or so...


My specific questions about EUDORA are :
 ---------------------------------------

1. If I send an EUDORA mail message with a binhexed enclosure, can the
recipient manually debinhex the attachment in case she/he does not use a tool
like EUDORA ?

2. If EUDORA receives a message which includes a "manually" binhexed file will
the file automatically be debinhexed and filed on the Mac or PC ?

3. Is there a limit for the file size of a binary enclosure ?

4. Is it sufficient to install TCP/IP in the server only or do we have to
istall TCP/IP in the clients (Macs and PCs) too ?

5. Where do I find more info about TCP/IP for the PC (anonymous ftp site) ?

6. Any sugestions to use a different system than EUDORA ?

Thanks for your help!

Hans

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 11:50:51 MST
From: "Roger B. Marks"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Eurora for Windows enclosure format

[e-mail] wrote:

>>Eudora can be used to transfer arbitrary Macintosh files between
>>computers through its BinHex 4.0 attachment features.

>I understand that there is a also a Windows version of Eudora.
>Does anybody know if the Windows version of Eudora also provides an attachment
>feature, and if yes, does it use BinHex 4.0, or UUencode or something else  ?

It uses BinHex 4.0. This makes it really easy to transfer binary files (in our
case, WordPerfect files) between Macs and Windows machines.



Roger
[e-mail]            NIST/Boulder, CO

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Date: 18 Mar 1994 16:32:27 MET1DST
From: "Roger berglund"  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Excel-picture-Word

I dont know my problem has been discussed before but it is very annoying.
First I make my graphs in MS-Excel 4.0 then I try to copy it link it or even
publish it to be able to add it into my MS-Word 5.1 document. No matter what
method I try to use the result is the same. All thin (hair)line have become
thicker and the graphs now looks terrible. My way of getting around the
problem ist to redraw the graph in a drawingprogram and then paste it in
Word but this i very time consuming.
What's wrong????
Is there any other solution?????
(I have heard that the same problem ocurres in the PC-world!!!)

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 14:27:24 EST
From: [e-mail] (J GAGNE)
Subject: extension .tgz

I know this is not exactly the right place to ask... But it's the only place I
know of! I recently saw many files with a .tgz extension. Those are appended to
Unix files i want to download. What is the program I need to decompress (I just
suppose the .tgz come from a compression or similar utility) those babies?

Thanks for your time and sorry for not knowing were those UNIX foxes are
located. I'm a Mac fanatic since 1984.

Louis Lavoie <[e-mail]>

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 14:06:15 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: FTF Proactive 1.0 slow and buggy.

I am a happy user of First Thing First 3.0, but the lack of calendar
feature on FTF had me considering Now UpToDate. Then I got a direct
mail from Visionary Software announcing FTF Proactive. From what I
read in the promo, FTF Proactive sounded like a winner, and it was
exactly what I was looking for; FTF 3.0 with calendar!

FTF Proactive takes up 4Meg of disk space, and it's an application
that hogs 1.3Mb of precious RAM. On top of this treachery, it's
slow!!! It takes 10-15 seconds to open up on my PB100, and I have
to hold down the mouse for a few seconds to open a menu. It is
quite frustrating! It is worse than trying to run Word 5.1 on a SE.
But, what really bothers me is that the program is full of bugs.
The program quits cold when I try to open up "My FTF agenda" file
used by FTF 3.0. Tech support person I talked to said "We're
aware of the problem, and we'll send you a bug fix in a few weeks".

So, do NOT buy or upgrade to FTF Pro!!!

BTW, which is better? Now Uptodate or Datebook Pro?

- Chan Na -
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 21:34:04 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: FullWrite 2 Status (fwd)

Received the following FW status report from Akimbo:

 --------- Forwarded message ----------
>From the FullWrite forum on AOL:

Subj:  Re: FullWrite 2 status                94-03-06 11:41:37 EST
From:  FullWrite
Posted on: America Online

First, about receiving notices in the mail about FullWrite 2. We will
send notices to registered users when FullWrite 2 is available, but we
have a company policy not to send these notices out until a product
actually ships. Thus, when you receive an upgrade notice you know there
won't be any further slips in the schedule. We will also announce in this
forum when FullWrite 2 ships. We do not announce "golden master" ship
dates, etc. We also do not publicly announce our beta schedule. We can
say that the betas we've already sent out have gone well and we hope
the rest go as smoothly.

Second, the end of the first quarter is indeed fast approaching and we
are working at a rapid pace. However, we have decided that we must delay
the ship date past the end of this quarter. Our development schedule is
on track, but there's been more work required to bring FullWrite up to
our quality standards in some areas than we initially anticipated. We'd
rather delay the release slightly than leave some problems unaddressed.
At this point, we are not announcing an official shipping date.

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 08:49:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Andy Kesling <[e-mail]>
Subject: General Magic phone number

Will someone post a telephone number for General Magic? Thanks for your
assistance.

Andy

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 13:05:00 PST
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey A. Hallett)
Subject: Global Village

I received word back from Global Village tech support. The cable they
ship with the Teleport is a hardware handshaking cable.

Knock yourselves out.
Jeffrey A. Hallett, Keane, Inc. [phone]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 12:01:15 PST
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey A. Hallett)
Subject: High-speed Connect

I'd like to summarize the data I got about high-speed connection.
To remind people, I was attempting to use my Teleport Gold to
connect at high-speed (14.4k+) to a UNIX host. I was using White Knight.

1. I was told by a few people to make sure that the cable was a
    hardware handshaking cable and it use the hardware handshake
    if so. I have email out to Global Village to find out.

2. I was also told to set White Knight to speak at 19.2k rather than
    38.4k. As an aside, I ended up using the  init sequence
    AT%C1\N2\Q3\J0\V1W1S112=11 to achieve the best results.
    (I had been experimenting with this string rather than
    using the settings in the Teleport Serial control panel).
    It basically authorizes the modem to try to get the best it
    can and to be verbose about the connection settings. The really
    relevant part is setting register 112 equal to 11, the code that
    says to use a DTE speed of 19.2k.

3. The last major piece of advice was to change the window size on
    the ZMODEM by using the -w option on sz. I ended up using
    sz -w 2048 <file list>  to do my transfers.

What difference did it make? On a transfer of 860K, I received
no transmission errors and the efficiency was constant at about
83% (a throughput of about 12kbps). Before, I would get about
8%, so these changes gave me a factor of 10 improvement --
much more acceptable. :^)

Thanks again to all who responded. I appreciate it.


Jeffrey A. Hallett, Keane, Inc. [phone]

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 22:14:52 -0800
From: Charles Chia-Hsing Hsieh <[e-mail]>
Subject: How to set up a local talk with just 2 computers?

I have a PC and Mac sitting on my desk and I would like to set up a network
that would connect both.  The reason is I would like to run Timbuktu on them
and control the Mac from Windows, even though again they are sitting next
to each other.  Am I dreaming?

Please respond to me directly.

Charles C. Hsieh

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 13:39:04 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: HyperTalk help needed... (A)

>These are educational flashcards BTW, so you want to include a button
>that will "randomly" go to another card. Simple enough. But what if you
>only want a card betwen a certain range of card numbers, say only from
>card 40 to card 80?

on mouseUp
  put 40 into firstNrange
  put 80 into lastNrange
  go to card firstNrange + random(lastNrange-firstNrange)
end mouseUp

Cheers,
Kee Nethery

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 13:03:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ink jet refill - larger sizes

Anyone know of a source for HP PWXL and XL300 ink???  I have tried refills
sucessfully, but the cost is still too high for my students.  anybody know
where I
can buy ink in say Gallon sizes??? I'd even get my students a large format
printer if I could.  They eagerly await your reply!!!!
Bill Hubschmitt _ Art Department SUNY Oneonta

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 16:13:52 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Martin Jourdan)
Subject: In praise of the HP Deskwriter 5.0 drivers

Last week I downloaded the new printer drivers for the HP DeskWriter series
(one size fits all, i.e. there's only one driver for the whole family, from
the plain B/W 510 through the one-cartridge DW C to the brand new color
560C -- the 310 is not in the list, though, it still has its own driver). I
installed them and tried them on my old DW C. I printed several types of
jobs with the new 5.0 driver and the old 3.0 one: a scanned photograph,
text with colors, business graphics. The results are impressive. In all
aspects of the printing process, the new driver is much better than the old
one:

- the colors are much more faithful and, with the color cartridge, the
black is blacker (!!);

- on the scanned photograph, there's much less banding and pixellization
(although I had set the 3.0 driver the recommended, non-default way for
printing photographs);

- on colored text and business graphics, areas of light colors print better
because, apparently, the driver uses randomly scattered dots rather than
geometric patterns; for the same reason, gradients are also much more
pleasant to the eye;

- the "ColorSmart" feature, which automatically determines the best
settings for each print job, works really well: you (at least I) never have
to go to the "options" dialog to manually set the intensity, halftoning
method and color matching;

- printing is faster, from the moment you click the "OK" button to the
moment you have the page in the hand, because the driver is faster; the
only slight problem is that, when ColorSmart is enabled, it may take some
time to analyze your job before spooling it to disk, especially on bitmaps;

- and status messages are back in HP Print Monitor!

Installation is a snap. Note that, if you have System 7 (and hence
TrueType), the contour fonts living in the "HP folder" are not used by the
driver and can be trashed; this frees about 1 Mb! Same with the "color
test" file.

Hooray to Hewlett-Packard! The 5.0 driver has revived my DeskWriter C.

Drivers are available via anonymous FTP from FTP-BOI.EXTERNAL.HP.COM in
file pub/printers/djet.pjet.dwriter/mac/dw50.hqx (976148 bytes).

Martin Jourdan -- INRIA, Projet ChLoE, Rocquencourt, France

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 94 00:26:30 EST
From: Gino Filicetti <[e-mail]>
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 08:31:02 -0600 (CST)
From: "Traci J. Ingram" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Letter Gothic Font

I am looking for a shareware or freeware version of Letter Gothic (or
something similar), which is the fixed-pitch face found on many IBM
Selectric typewriters.  Type 1 is preferred, TrueType is OK.

I need a 12-point type that spaces at 12-pitch (Elite) *monospaced*.  A
scan of the archives and summaries has yielded no likely suspects.

Any suggestions?

Traci J. Ingram

[e-mail]     | or |     [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 17:36:32 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Adam C. Engst)
Subject: Mac configurations

In Regards to your letter <[e-mail]>:
> Does Apple offer the following Power Macintosh 6100 configuration?
>
> Power Macintosh 6100/60 16MB RAM/500MB HD/CD300i+/AV Card (with 2MB VRAM)
>
> If not, why not?
>
> If they do not, I'm quite pissed (and I'M SURE OTHERS ARE TOO!), as 8 MB of
> RAM is NOT enough, and a wimpy 250MB hard disk is NOT enough, either!
>
> I'M SURE that others out there would also like to see a 6100 16/500/CD/AV
> config. as well...  If indeed others out there do, PLEASE followup to this
> thread and I'll email the darn thread to Apple after a while.

I don't think this is particularly worth getting worked up
over. If you want 16 MB of RAM, buy another 8 MB separate when
you buy the Power Mac. It will often be cheaper than if you
bought it from Apple anyway. The same goes for the hard disk,
though it's a bit more of a pain to have two hard disks
sometimes (although at other times it's a godsend since you
don't have as many problems if one gives you trouble).

cheers ... -Adam

--
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [e-mail] -- [e-mail]
Author of The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh -- [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 13:51:32 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Kee Nethery [phone])
Subject: Mac SQL query software (A)

>We a project to create an application which will permit users to obtain
>administrative data from DB2 & IDMS databases using SQL  and combine this
>data to provide online financial information. The development is being done
>in the MS windoze environment. Does anyone know of any work like this done
>with macs?

Macs speak SQL quite well. I like the Brio tools and you should definately
get the APDA catalog since it will list other SQL tools. Maybe someone else
knows if there is a distribution list for Mac SQL questions. For all I
know, Apple might even have a whole catalog of SQL solutions. Contact your
local Apple office and ask an Apple employee.

Cheers,
Kee Nethery

Apple Computer: APDA
PO Box 319
Buffalo, NY 14207-0319
1-800-282-2732
fax [phone]
[e-mail]

Brio Tech
444 Castro St., Suite 700
Mountain View, CA 94041
415-961-4110
fax [phone]
[e-mail]
DataEdit, DataPivot, and other tools for dealing with SQL databases

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 23:50:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Koch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Mac symptoms (fwd)

Mysterious behavior has been reported on a Mac last seen in northern
Virginia.  Is there a kind-hearted sleuth who would like to tackle this
one?  The machine is a Performa 200 (Classic II) which I purchased,
refurbished from Apple, for my father to use with MIDI to teach music.
You are invited to post your replies directly to [e-mail].
Many thanks in advance for any clues leading to the restoration of this
machine.

Paul Koch



 --------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 23:05 EST
From:[e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Mac symptoms

OK, I have the Mac.  When I turn it on, I get the usual smiling Mac
icon, then the "Welcome to Macintosh" window.  Next, along the bottom
I get an icon of a Mac with a disk in front of it, then to the right
of that I get a second icon.  I can't really describe this icon because
it only appears for a fraction of a second before both icons disappear.

Then, where the "Welcome to Macontosh" once was, there is now a blank
white window against an otherwise greyish screen.  The black borders of
this window is flashing as if it's in a perpetual state of redrawing
it.  Across the top of the screen, there is a blank white bar but
there's nothing there to click on - no icon, no verbiage, just empty
white bar.

So that's all I have: a blank screen with a white window and a white bar
across the top.  The arrow does indeed move in response to the mouse.
But, of course, there's nothing to click on.

Suggestions?

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 14:42:31 EST
From: [e-mail] (J GAGNE)
Subject: MacTCP and SLIP

Here is the problem : we want to set up a FirstClass BBS (on a Mac :-) ) with a
access to the Internet. At our college, we have a dial-up access to a Sun Unix
workstation already on the net. BUT, that machine does not know nothing about
a SLIP or PPP connection.

Is it possible to get access to the net with MacTCP and a SoftArc UUCP gateway
thru this dial-up connection?

If not, how much can it cost to install a SLIP connection on a Sun
Workstation?

Thanks for your help (and ANY help will be very valuable to us!

Louis Lavoie <[e-mail]>

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 17:02:57 -0500 (EST)
From: "William P. Krauthammer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MapArt is still around

Hi Eric,

I'm not sure where you've been looking, but I've been checking out MapArt for
the last few months (trying to decide whether ClipArt will suffice or if I
need map-making program such as BaseMap or Azimuth). In fact, vol. 18 of the
Mac Zone catalog features MapArt on p. 25. It's in all the other major
catalogs as well.

Hope this helps,

Bill

--
William P. Krauthammer
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 09:59:16 CST
From: [e-mail] (Douglas Wyman)
Subject: MountImage 1.2b2 and Mt.Image 1.0.2 (/info-mac/disk/)

MountImage 1.0.2 has been shown to corrupt files when they are read from a
mounted image file.  The author of the control panel is:

Steve Christensen
America Online      stevec44
CompuServe           76174,1712
Internet            [e-mail]

Steve has requested, several times, that MountImage 1.2b2, be removed from
all public servers due to this deadly bug.  Steve did not, in fact, release
MountImage 1.2b2 to the world, it was "leaked" by his beta testers.

MountImage 1.2b2 is DANGEROUS and should be removed from this and any other
archives...It's a bad penny that just keeps coming back!  This action was
taken, at least twice, by the previous Info-Mac moderators.

The recently posted application Mt.Image by Yosuke "Basuke" Suzuki uses the
MountImage control panel (and therefore its driver) to mount .image files.
It therefore shares the same problems discussed above since it depends on
MountImage for its operation.

If you want a reliable way to mount .image files as desktop volumes then
use DiskDup+ 2.3.2 by Roger Bates, available in the archives.  Turning on
the
image mounting capability will cost you no more than a phone call and $20
registration fee.  Unlocking information is given over the phone at the
time of registration.  Up-to-date version diskette and mailing is included
in $20 fee.
The usual disclaimers apply: I have not connection to Roger Bates except as
a satisfied customer. I use DiskDup+.  I HAVE BEEN BURNED by MountImage.  I
have confirmed the above statements by email with Steve Christensen who, by
the way, works for Apple and is the author of the popular and reliable
SuperClock as well as Apple's own DiskCopy (which creates the .image
files).  In my mind, Steve is blameless in this matter...He has tried hard
to remove the MountImage 1.2b2 from public distribution.

Please feel free to post this in any edited form that you see fit.  It
would probably have more impact coming from the moderators.

>------------------------------
>
>Date: 14 Mar 1994 19:47:05 -0500
>From: "Gavin Eadie" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: [*] Re(2): Mt.Image 1.0.2
>
>OK, please locate this file to some approprite site.
>But be careful, this version cannot mount image files on
>the server. Just not delete them. This is the limitation
>of MountImage.
>
>best regards,
>
>Yosuke "Basuke" Suzuki
>Factory, Inc.
>Japan
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/disk/mt-image-102.hqx; 26K]



 ----------------------------------------------
Douglas Wyman
System Engineering
GeoQuest, 5247 Langfield Road, Houston TX 77040
USA 713 460-1260 phone
USA 713 460-9579 fax
Internet: [e-mail]
SINet:    m_sgqhou::wyman
 ----------------------------------------------

------------------------------

Date: Fri Mar 18 13:33 EST 1994
From: [e-mail] (MNibeck)
Subject: My own opinions

Hello all Macintosh fans,

    I wanted to share some of my thoughts with you
concerning Apples
10th anniversary and the release of the PowerMacs.  I have been
a
Macintosh user for almost 8 years now.  It started when my dad
brought
home an SE.  I had been using a variety of machines up until
then(Atari, Commodore, HP mainframe, etc..) for a variety of
reasons,
mostly games, but I got my programming start there also.  Over
the
last 8 years I have grown to believe in no other machine, at
least for
myself.  I will not fault other people for their personal
choices of
computers, but I firmly believe that the Macintosh is the best
all
around personal computer.  In the last year I have started my
own
company and made an early decision to try and stick with all
Macintosh
hardware.  We are primarily a graphics/animation shop, but
provide
general consulting services as well.  Now, that you know a
little
about me, let me share with you some of my experiences(I am sure
these
will sound very similar to some of you as well).
    First, I would like to make a blanket statement that
aside from
some Mac periodicals and this internet forum, I heard/saw NO
advertisement
about Mac's 10th anniversary!  I know of a few people that said
they
saw some, but I did not.  I was shocked, I saw this as a real
opportunity, especially with the future release of the
PowerMacs.  All
kinds of goofy gimmicks come to mind, "We brought you the
future, now we
are going one step further!!!"  Heck, even direct claims against
the
competition would be nice.  Come on guys any business will tell
you
that advertising/marketing is kind of important!
    Excited about getting my hands on a PowerMac, I visited
one of our
local super-computer warehouse styles stores.  They had each of
the
PowerMacs all lined up nicer and neat(6100, 7100 & 8100).  There
were
some people looking at them, and I quickly hopped on the
8100(dream
machine) for a test drive.  Huh, what is this?? I don't
understand,
the machine had no software installed except the operating
system!!!
I was astonished, how did they expect to demo these machines
correctly
without software??  OK, so I tried the 7100 next.  Ah ha!  This
had
the CD from Apple with all kinds of cool demo software(Infini-d,
Fractal Paint designer, SoftWindows, etc..).  I was fully aware
of the
performance of these native apps, I was interested in finding
out how
well Windows performed.  Was it installed, of course not.  I had
to
drag the archive onto the hard drive and uncompress it.  After a
couple
minutes or tweaking, I got it running.  I must say it was quite
impressive, to me at least.  One last story about my visit.
There was
a gentleman there interested in the 8100, he asked a salesman
for
help.  The salesman politely replied that he was not very
knowledgeable
on the Apple computer, but he would go get the "local Mac
expert".  I
was impressed, they might actually be helpful.  Ahh, this was
not to
happen, the local expert arrives and continues to totally
shatter any
hope I had of this retail chain actually helping Apple sell any
hardware.  The customer asked a simply question, "I understand
that
this machine will run DOS software is that correct, and if so
how
does it do it?"  Legitimate question I think to myself.  I then
hear
the salesman enter into a long speech about how "the machine can
do it,
but it needs extra file-transferring software and probably a
network
hookup."  My jaw hit the floor, but there was more yet!  He then
proceeded to tell the customer that the machine had an "Intel
chip
inside" and that was how it could do it!!!!  After I picked
myself off
of the floor, I calmly waited for the salesman to leave and then
pointedout a few of the 'small' errors that the salesman made.
    I realize that some of the blame falls on the retail
chain, and
you can believe that I will be contacting them as well, but I
believe that Apple has a vested interest in these situations.
I worked for two years as an Apple student Rep at my university,

and I couldn't get away from the marketing/propaganda machine
>From
within the company.  They need to turn that machine loose on the
general
public.  I won't admit that I have any exact answers or know all
the
right approaches, but I do feel deeply that something needs to
be done.
The idea that Macintosh people are a small 'elite' group is
ridiculous.
We need to start breaking down some of the untruths that have
surroundedthis great machine for so many years.  "There is more
software for the DOS
machines", "The DOS machines are cheaper", "The Mac is only good
for
games".  We have heard all of these before, and they simply
aren't
true.  I urge you to please take a larger role in promoting this
machine.  Although I don't personally believe that we will see
the
demise of the Macintosh any time soon, it sure would be nice to
make
promoting this environment less of an uphill battle.
    If anyone has any ideas/comments/stories to share please
do so.
If anyone has an "in" at Apple, please share that with us and
maybe we can take advantage of it.  I would like to believe that
Apple
would be interested in hearing what we have to say.  And please
visit
your local dealers, and see how they are treating the Macintosh
sales.
I can't expect any of my clients to buy a Macintosh if they hear
information like I heard.
    Well, I hope this wasn't too long, but I had to get some
of this off of my chest.  Thanks for your time, and I hope that
my soapbox wasn't too high.

Mike Nibeck
President - Digital Horizons, Inc.
[e-mail]
Mailing address:
    1456 Chatham Court
    Crofton, MD 21114

Mike Nibeck

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 10:08:23 -0800
From: Bill Rausch <[e-mail]>
Subject: need for 6100/60 16MB/500MB/CD/AV Card

You can buy 8/250/CD/AV and then buy more RAM and external disks to upgrade.
What's your beef?

----
    Bill Rausch, SW Engr, [e-mail], 509-943-0861
    Numerical Applications, 825 Goethals #A, Richland, WA 99352

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 00:45:53 -0600 (CST)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: polar bears

hi there i am looking for quicktime movies of the coca-cola polar bears

you know the ones that coke had out over christmas with santa claus and all.

if anyone has them please let me know..

Henry Park
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 10:53:20 +0000
From: Francis Knight <[e-mail]>
Subject: Power Mac Hard Drive Speed Specs ?

Hi All,

    A side effect of this Internet in my Back Room thang is that my
existing hard drive is now stuffed to the gills. I may well buy a humungous
new one, which will start off in my SE/30. Ever optimistic, I forsee
swapping it into a Power Mac in maybe 12 month's time.

    What specification should I be buying, speed-wise, in order not to
embarrass the eventual host?

Cheers,


Francis K.

At a Mac Oasis Somewhere in Suburban Hertfordshire

------------------------------

Date: 18 Mar 1994 12:47:24 -0500
From: "JT Green" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Power Macs and 21" Mono monitor (A)

Tim Onosko asks about connecting a 21" monochrome monitor and a 13"
high resolution RGB monitor to a Power Macintosh.  Macweek and my local
authorized dealer both indicate that DRAM video supports 13" and 16"
monitors at 16 and 8 bits respectively; while the high performance PDS
card supports up to 21" monitors with 8/16/24 bits per pixel from
1M/2M/4M of VRAM.  So if you get a 7100/66 plus the $29 display adapter
you can use your 13" monitor with DRAM video to get thousands of colors
and connect your monochrome monitor to the PDS video and get 256 shades
of grey.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 12:12:50 EST
From: [e-mail] (B. Ling)
Subject: Printer recognition problems

I have a PB165c that won't recognize a particular LWIIf, but will "see" all of
the other printers that it's hooked up to. Any quick suggestions

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 15:59:43 EST
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Quadra 840av Goes Belly Up

My bad luck with the Quadra 840av continues.  I won't waste bandwidth
with the gory details, but it has been one thing after another since
I placed an order for the 840av last September.

This afternoon the Quadra 840av stopped working altogether.  It was
acting strangely, complaining of memory problems, so I rebooted it.
It never came back.  Instead I got a sad Mac with the following hex:
             0000000F
             0000000C

I suspect a bad SIMM. (I've tried just about everything else!)  It
won't even boot from a floppy.

Has anyone seen this error?   What does it mean?

The Quadra refuses to boot.

So I'm back to my trust Quadra 700.  Hmmmm.  Given all the trouble
with the 840av (and not a drop of trouble with the 700), maybe I'll
stay here!  :-(

Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 94 05:26:00 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: receiving files, etc.

Hi!

Hearty thanks go to those who responded to my query last week about receiving
files from Info-Mac.  To summarise:  The e-mail posts to Info-Mac that
contain an asterisk (*) next to the Subject: line are posts that had a file
attached when submitted to Info-Mac digest.  These files were then
automatically stripped from the post and were placed in the archives where
they can be retrieved via anonymous ftp.  The attached message is then added
to the digest.

My net connection allows me to connect at 19200bd if I wish, but files are
still transmitted at Kermit pace and I do not know how to figure that rate.
As it currently stands, my connecting software is Microsoft Works as it seems
the only one to support Kermit.  Therefore, I will continue to receive
Info-Mac digest here @ AOL as e-mail for two reasons:  1)  I can set a
FlashSession that logs off immediately upon completion of the download and 2)
 MSWorks has a problem capturing all of the text to appear on the
screen--there are often large gaps between sections of text, making paging a
file useless.

Many people asked that question of me, and I thought the easiest way to reply
would be here.  Also, this allows others to see the answer to the original
question, as seems to be fairly common practice.

Point 2:  I understand that on dial-up access accounts for the Internet,
Fetch, TurboGopher and like programs do not function.  These require a SLIP
account to operate.  My question is this:  Is(are) there programs that
operate in a similar fashion on dial-up accounts?  Is this even possible
given the way TCP/IP operates on the Macintosh (or other platforms for that
matter)?

Thanx again for the help.  Happy computing everyone.

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 13:54:31 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Jason Stone)
Subject: Robert Gibson's Scale

Hello Everyone,

I hope someone out there can help me out. I am looking for a program called
Scale. It was written by Robert Gibson of 7.0 Plus Utilities fame out of
which came such programs as Custom Killer and DeIcon. I have tried
contacting Mr. Gibson at his CompuServe address several times and he has
not replied to me. I even asked BMUG to look for the program and even they
can't find it.

Briefly, Scale allows you to drag a bunch of files onto it and it
automatically displays the cummulative logitical and physical size of the
bunch without you having to break out the calculator to add up the sizes of
all the individual files. This is immensely useful if you're trying to see
how many files in a group will fit onto a floppy disk.

I have searched high and low for this program and have come up with
nothing. Since I can't get Mr. Gibson to reply to me, would someone be kind
enough to point me in the right direction, or better yet, send me a copy of
the program (it's shareware)? Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Jason Stone
[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 13:07:01 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: si sound bug

hello netters.

as some of you might know since a long time there is a bug in the si
which sometimes (in fact regularly) causes the machine to stop playing
sounds. i've got an f-key which sets the volume to 6 and back to 1
which seems to reactivate the output - but it's still really annoying.
especially if you do lots of music on the mac like me.
has anyone got another solution, so mail me please.

thanks
miron

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 17:31:51 +0000
From: [e-mail] (Craig Morgan)
Subject: Sound source re-direction from internal CD

Is it possible to re-direct audio direct from the internal CD's of standard
Mac's via the control panel ...

I'd like to attempt to sample direct from an audio CD into an app
supporting the standard audio source. The latest Sound control panel
(v8.0.1 from the System Update 2.0.1) offers a selection of Audio In/Out
options, but the internal CD does not appear ... is this only available
with AV mac's?

The hardware in question is Centris/Quadra 610's and 650's with
internal/external CD300's

Thanks for any help ...

Craig
--

[e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 94 16:52:38 EST
From: "Hines, Daniel M." <[e-mail]>
Subject: stereo-maker problem

It appears there is a problem with the stereo-maker Binhex
file. I have attempted to download it twice. I received a
Checksum error both times when using Binhex 5.0.

Dan Hines

"Once you go Mac - You never go back!!

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 23:19:02 -0800 (PST)
From: John Thoo <[e-mail]>
Subject: WriteNow 4.0 (Q)

Having waited what seems like forever for FullWrite to be upgraded, I'm
now seriously considering switching to WriteNow 4.0.  Before I decide,
however, I'd like to ask a few things of you WriteNow users.

(1) How do you find WriteNow overall?
(2) Can one paste PICTs, etc., in the new tables of version 4.0?
(3) Can one adjust the amount of super- and subscripting (e.g. by points)?
(4) Can one super- and subscript a PICT, etc.
(5) Can WriteNow flow text around (irregular) objects?
(6) Does WriteNow suppoprt sidebars?
(7) Can WriteNow create indexes, TOCs, etc., and cross-reference?
(8) Does WriteNow have a (simple) draw module?
(9) Can WriteNow import EPS files?

(Items (3) & (4) are probably most important to me, since I often
have to adjust equations pasted in from Expressionist.  ClarisWorks
apprently cannot do (3) & (4), which is why it can't replace FullWrite
for me.)

Thanks much for your help.

--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis <[e-mail]>

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